i'll eat the bacon and the hash browns. >> we've got a whole eggs benedict here. any takers? >> announcer: this is abc's >>> this morning on "world news now" -- ripped apart. tornadoes slam the middle of the country as many as 120 reports of twisters in just a single weekend. >> the supreme weather killed at least five people, but after looking at the damage in some hard-hit communities it is a miracle the death toll did not go higher. it is monday, april 16th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good monday morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> i'm tanya rivero in for paula faris. in one community, the entire siren warning system was knocked out before the tornado ripped apart the town. in another community, the hospital was almost wiped off the map. today the threat is not over as this monster storm system creeps east. >> eerily familiar scenes from the past year. wild, wild weather. >> yes. >>> also this morning, tragedy off the coast of northern california during a yacht race. it could be the worst boating accident in years involving a monster wave.